Erudite and often springing from some dusty old corner of history, the music of The Decemberists sounds like what one would expect from a band that named themselves after the 1825 Russian insurrection known as the Decembrist (sic) revolt. But The Decemberists are also a tuneful indie rock/baroque pop band, as one would expect with acknowledged influences like Morrissey, R.E.M., and XTC. I'll Be Your Girl is the eighth studio album from the group, formed in 2000 in Portland, Oregon. Like a lot of music coming out these days, the record is informed (in a nonspecific way) by the mood of the country, post-2016 election.
Here are the Top 30 new releases played on Studio One Tracks for the week ending April 15, 2018:
1 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats- Tearing At the Seams
2 The Decemberists- I'll Be Your Girl
3 Wye Oak- The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs
4 Jack White- Boarding House Reach
5 Superorganism- Superorganism
6 Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite- No Mercy In This Land
7 Erika Wennerstrom- Sweet Unknown
8 Guided By Voices- Space Gun
9 Yo La Tengo- There's A Riot Going On
10 Unknown Mortal Orchestra- Sex & Food
11 Hop Along- Bark Your Head Off, Dog
12 Shannon & The Clams- Onion
13 Albert Hammond Jr.- Francis Trouble
14 David Byrne- American Utopia
15 Belle & Sebastian- How To Solve Our Human Problems
16 Of Montreal- White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood
17 Preoccupations- New Material
18 Soccer Mommy- Clean
19 Lindi Ortega- Liberty
20 The Breeders- All Nerve
21 Dessa- Chime
22 Vowws- Under The World
23 Tune-Yards- I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life
24 Tracey Thorn- Record
25 The Regrettes- Attention Seeker
26 Jimi Hendrix- Both Sides Of The Sky
27 Bettye LaVette- Things Have Changed
28 Anna Burch- Quit The Curse
29 Moby- Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt
30 Kyle Craft- Full Circle Nightmare
